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BOX 6 : Code SB585
Centra Tibet
17th Century
105x36 h.54 cm

Stylistically, this is a very interesting box. The kati rimo or lattice design that is usually found in the field of 18th Century “classic dragon” boxes, is used here in a very stylized form in the central cartouche, and again in place of the usual corner scrolls.  Two Chinese characters are found in the stark red cinnabar field, and four Sanscrit letters are found in the borders. This is a great example of how Tibetan art was influenced by both the Chinese to the East and the Indian Sub-continent to the South. The box is completed with a splendid display of iron-work which quite exceeds the practical purpose of re-enforcing the structure of the box.